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Angela Rawlings

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  • Making Mischief And Playing, Seriously

    Making Mischief And Playing, Seriously

    Dr. angela snæfellsjökuls rawlings opens an exhibition at Slökkvistöðin exploring colour, climate and much more Opening on January 10, “Motion to Change Colour Names to Reflect Planetary Boundary Tipping Points” is Dr. angela snæfellsjökuls rawlings’ exhibition exploring exactly what the title tells…

  • The Glacier That Would Be President

    The Glacier That Would Be President

    It may not have made the ballot, but this isn’t the end for Snæfellsjökull Icelanders will head to their local polling stations on June 1 to elect the next president. The country has been gripped with election fever since the wildly popular…

  • Grapevine Events: Palestine Solidarity Show, GusGus, Christmas Market Opening & So Much More

    Grapevine Events: Palestine Solidarity Show, GusGus, Christmas Market Opening & So Much More

    Wow, what a week it’s been! The ongoing threat of an imminent eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula and evacuation of Grindavík has us all feeling a bit on edge. But as Karl Marx once said – and we’re paraphrasing here – events…

  • Microphonic Body Machine

    Microphonic Body Machine

    Ekeberg Park, Oslo: The September sun reflects in yellow leaves. Angela Rawlings and her colleagues reach the centre of the posh sculpture-park: a forest of glass. The walls capture, care for, and feed back the voice of Angela and a partner in…

  • No Pretty Butterfly Show

    No Pretty Butterfly Show

    “I first came here to read at the International Nýhil Poetry Festival in 2007. Before I knew, I was on stage with [local rock group] Reykjavík!, chugging Southern Comfort at three o’clock in the morning. Soon enough, I found myself yearning for…

  • The Bear, The Wolf, And The Unveiling of Sigur Rós

    Once in autumn-nighttime, a bear and a wolf strode through a forest. As they walked, bear heard music so beautiful that she said: “Sister wolf, what bird is it that sings so well?” “It’s not a bird at all; that is Sigur…